Open Calls for Views
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Responding to Long-Term Fiscal Pressures
The Scottish Fiscal Commission’s Fiscal Sustainability Report – April 2025 states that: “The Scottish Government will face significant challenges funding devolved public services in the future, particularly over the next twenty-five years… because the population in Scotland will age earlier than in the rest of the UK”. However: “… if improvements in population health can be achieved, pressure on health-related spending may be reduced in the...
Closes 11 August 2025
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Greyhound Racing (Offences) (Scotland) Bill - Financial Memorandum
About the Bill The Bill will make it illegal for someone who owns, or is responsible for, a greyhound or a racetrack, to race, or allow the racing of, a greyhound on an oval racetrack in Scotland. Most tracks used for greyhound racing are oval in shape. The Bill also allows the Scottish Government to regulate to make it illegal to race greyhounds on other types of tracks. For example, this could include making it illegal to race greyhounds on a straight track. If someone is...
Closes 11 August 2025
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Desecration of War Memorials (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum
The Bill makes destroying, damaging or desecrating a war memorial a specific statutory offence. It proposes that the penalties for this offence would be 10 years in prison and/or an unlimited fine. The Bill defines desecrating a war memorial in a way that includes what might be seen as acts of disrespect. Current Status of the Bill This Bill was introduced in the Scottish Parliament by Meghan Gallacher MSP on 14 May 2025. Read and find out more about the Bill: ...
Closes 11 August 2025
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Building Safety Levy (Scotland) Bill
The Finance and Public Administration Committee is seeking views on the Building Safety Levy (Scotland) Bill. About the Bill The Bill introduces a new tax, called the Scottish Building Safety Levy, to be charged on the construction of residential property development in Scotland. This follows an amendment to the Scotland Act 1998 to include powers for a devolved tax to be charged in relation to certain steps in the building control process. The main aim of the bill is to...
Closes 15 August 2025
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Good Food Nation Proposed National Plan
The Scottish Parliament’s Health, Social Care and Sport Committee and Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee plan to undertake scrutiny of the Proposed National Good Food Nation Plan in September 2025. The Proposed National Plan was laid in the Scottish Parliament by the Scottish Government on 27 June 2025 and can be accessed here: Proposed National Good Food Nation Plan . Before finalising the Plan, the Scottish Government is required to have regard to: ...
Closes 15 August 2025
Closed Calls for Views
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Restraint and Seclusion in Schools (Scotland) Bill
The Restraint and Seclusion in Schools (Scotland) Bill was introduced on 17 March 2025 by Daniel Johnson MSP, the Member in Charge. It aims to minimise the use of restraint and seclusion of children and young people in schools. Purpose of the Bill The Bill creates duties in relation to the use of restraint and seclusion in schools. The Scottish Government would need to issue statutory guidance to education providers about the use of restraint and seclusion in schools....
Closed 11 July 2025
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Restraint and Seclusion in Schools (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum
About the Bill Daniel Johnson MSP has introduced this Member’s Bill. This Bill creates statutory guidance and duties in relation to the use of restraint and seclusion in schools. Restraint is preventing someone’s movement. Seclusion is isolating someone and preventing them from leaving the place where they are isolated. The guidance and duties in the Bill will apply to public and independently funded schools. The guidance and duties would not apply to...
Closed 11 July 2025
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UEFA European Championship (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum
About the Bill The Bill bans certain commercial activities from taking place in relation to the UEFA European Football Championship that is to be held, in part, in Glasgow. Scotland will be one of the host nations for the 2028 Championship (EURO 2028). The Bill will ban: the unauthorised sale of Championship tickets for more than the face value or with a view to making a profit unauthorised street trading within an event zone at a prohibited time during the Championship...
Closed 28 May 2025
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Community Wealth Building (Scotland) Bill
The Economy and Fair Work Committee wants to hear your views on the Community Wealth Building (Scotland) Bill. This Bill was introduced by the Scottish Government on Wednesday 20 March 2025. What does the Bill do? Community Wealth Building (CWB) is an approach to economic development that tries to use the power of ‘anchor organisations’ to grow and retain wealth within a local economy. Anchor organisations can be public, private, or third sector bodies that have a...
Closed 26 May 2025
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Community Wealth Building (Scotland) Bill: Financial Memorandum
About the Bill Community wealth building is an approach to economic development. It focuses on ensuring that economic wealth is generated, circulated and retained in local communities. The Bill, as introduced by the Scottish Government, would instruct Ministers to publish a community wealth building statement. This would set out the measures they intend to take in relation to community wealth building. Ministers must also publish guidance on community wealth building. ...
Closed 23 May 2025